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Oxylides faunus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Genus
  
Oxylides

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Dapidodigma hymen, Paradeudorix eleala, Hypolycaena hatita, Tuxentius carana, Axiocerses harpax

Oxylides faunus, the common false head, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon. The habitat consists of primary forests.

Both sexes are attracted to flowers.

Subspecies

  • Oxylides faunus faunus (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria)
  • Oxylides faunus camerunica Libert, 2004 (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon)

    • References

    Oxylides faunus Wikipedia
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